Do you have more proactive dental patients or reactive ones? If you’re having trouble getting patients to accept treatment, it could be because your patients are being more reactive than proactive with their oral health. While reacting to issues that arise is important, proactive dental patients tend to be happier and healthier. When your patients […]
Continue readingIf you’re having trouble getting patients to accept treatment, it might not be because of the reasons you think. Many times, all patients need in order to say yes to the treatment they need is influence. We had the honor of working with Dr. Christopher Phelps aboard the 2019 Smiles at Sea cruise. Dr. Phelps […]
Continue readingImplant case acceptance is something many practices unnecessarily struggle with. They spend time and money building and marketing an implant practice but struggle to get patients to move forward with treatment. The reality is, improving case acceptance for implant patients requires only one skill: showing patients how to fit treatment into their budgets. Unlike many […]
Continue readingHave you used motivational interviewing to increase case acceptance? One of the most frustrating parts of being a dental provider is spending time with a patient who obviously needs treatment, but does not complete it. We try to explain it better, spend more time with them, offer third party financing, stand on our heads, and […]
Continue readingImplant dentistry is unique in that there’s often only one thing keeping patients from moving forward: financing. Many patients know other teeth replacement options are more of a short-term, partial solution. They would rather get dental implants if they can afford to. If you utilize the best case presentation techniques in your practice, more patients […]
Continue readingIf you surveyed the most successful implant practices, you would find them all over the United States. You would find them in rural areas, urban areas, and suburban areas. You would find them in lower-income areas and higher-income areas. You would find small practices and large ones. But you would find that they all have […]
Continue readingDuring the 1995 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting, an audience member asked Warren Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger whether they would ever consider starting a business school. After saying they weren’t interested, Buffett emphasized that he believed he could “learn a lot from other people.” “In fact,” he continued, “if you learn reasonably well from […]
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